Attachment for plows.



w. J. MoFAUL. ATTACHMENT FOR FLOWS.

APPLICATION FILED UB0. 13, 1907.

(900,413, Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

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f/W /ZQ/ I WILLIAM J. MCFAUL, OFXOAKDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

ATTACHMENT non. *rnowsspecificatio t r Patent- V Patented. Oct. e, 1908.

Application filed-' December 13, 1907. Serial No. 406,346.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be itknown that I,.W1LLIAM J. MCFAUL, a

citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Oakdale, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Im rovements inAt tachments for Plows, of-w ich the following is a specification, referenoebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relatesto an attachment or similar material depositedby'd-ump wag ons for agricultural purposes, and in the construction of streets, railways and otherwork.

To this end, I have devised a simple and inexpensive spreaderthat canbe easily attached to'a 1plow and braced, whereby it will withstand t e rou h usage to which the same is subjected whenleveling limestone or other material. The attachment comprises a plate arranged transversely of the plow, said plate being suitably braced from the beam, sod cutter or any suitable part of the plow ac-.

cording to the construction of the same.

The invention will be presently described in detail, and reference will now be had to the drawing forming'a part. of this specification, wherein, 1

Figure 1 is an elevation of a plow equipped with my attachment, Fig. 2 is arear e evation of the attachment partly broken away, illustrating the manner in which the same is secured to the sod cutter of a plow, and Fig. 3 is an end view of the attachment.

The plow attachment comprises a late 1' having a straight edge 2. p This straig t edge is braced by a bar 3 having T-shaped heads 4, particularly designed for bracing the ends of the plate 1.. In addition to the bar 3 is arranged another beveled bar 5 for bracing the loweredge of the plate 1, this bar being welded or suitably securedto said plate and acting as a show therefor.

At the upper edge of theplate 1'I arrange another bar 6, this bar carrying rearwardly extending parallel straps 7 adapted to be bolted or otherwise secured, as at 8, to the sod cutter 9 of aplow.. These straps 7 are adapted to support'the central portion of the plate 1 and in order to prevent the ends of the plate 1 from sagging, 1 provide the same withrearwardly extending braces 10, these ,braces being connected to the beam 11 of the plow by nuts and bolts 12 or similar fastening means.

. The spreader attachment is adapted to rest upon the plow point 13, in close proximity to the surface over which said point passes. It is therefore evident that the material in the path of the spreader attachment will be impinged by said attachment and gradually distributed upon the surface over which the plow is moved.

It is apparent that my spreader attachment can beeasily and quickly applied to a plow and removed therefrom, when it is not desired to use .thesame. While not serving functionally the same purpose as a harrow or roller, the spreader serves as a scraper, and to a great extent as a disintegrator of earth, whenthe same is in operation.

I do not care to confine myself to the specific use of the plow attachment or to the minor details of construction entering into the invention. Such other changes as are permissible-by the appended claims can be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is

1. The combination witha plow embodying a beam and a sod cutter, of a plate arranged transversely of said plow, said plate having a straight lower edge, a shoe secured to said lower edge, upper and lower bars secured to the rear face of said plate for bracing the same, straps carried by said brace bar and connecting with said sod cutter, and braces carried by the lower of said bars upon each side of the plow and secured to the beam thereof.

2. The combination with a plow having a sod cutter, of a spreader attachment for said plow embodying a plate arranged transversely of the. plow and resting at its lower end on the plow point, brace bars secured to the rear face of said plate, straps connected to said brace bars and to said sod cutter, and braces connected at their outer ends to said plate and at theirinner ends to the beam of the plow.

3. The combination with a plow embodying a plow point, of a spreader attachment secured to the plow and comprising a plate disposed transversely of the plow point and resting at its lower edge on the plow oint I and supported thereby, and means for mly securing said plate to the plow.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two wltnesses.

WILLIAM J MOFAUL.

Witnesses:

MAX H. SROLOVITZ, A. J. TRIGG. 

